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ICA Americas launches 2020 Statistical Observatory survey

Data is being gathered from first, second and third degree co-ops, mutuals, credit unions and other…

Principle 5 plots the revival of the Sheffield Co-operator

The Yorkshire Co-operative Resource Centre is planning a new edition of the historic title for next…

Can co-ops calm the social media storm?

Amid concern over fake news and polarised debate can co-op ways of working lead to a…

New US co-op development strategy to be discussed at Impact Conference

Coop Impact – organised by sector body NCBA Clusa – runs from 5-9 October

Cooperatives Europe launches open source knowledge base on co-ops

Coopedia acts as a collaborative search engine that lists resources on co-operative entrepreneurship

Woccu’s social inclusion project in Peru supports newly settled Venezuelans

The scheme offers training and business management, marketing and other entrepreneurial skills

Stephen Nicol appointed chair of Plunkett Foundation

'The impacts of Covid-19 in 2020 have underlined the critical importance of strong community businesses for…

Lincolnshire Co-op youth scheme praised by Business in the Community

Around 130 young people have completed the scheme over the past five years

Co-op retailers join food insecurity taskforce set up by Marcus Rashford

The campaign calls on the government to take new measures to tackle child food poverty

Obituary: Sethu Madhavan of the ICA Asia-Pacific

Balu Iyer pays tribute to 'a mentor, friend, and guide'

How to drive youth social entrepreneurship

A report from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs looks at ways young people…

New Leaf: Co-op will help ex-offenders back into society through training and employment

'We’re cutting the reoffending rate with the people we help and our people will be economically…